Opinion
3D21-345
10-19-2022
The Personal Injury Clinic, Inc., a/a/o Miguel Nardo, Appellant, v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Appellee.
Law Office of Chad A. Barr, P.A., and Chad A. Barr (Altamonte Springs), for appellant. Shutts & Bowen LLP, and Daniel E. Nordby, and Jason Gonzalez (Tallahassee), and Garrett A. Tozier (Tampa), for appellee.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
An Appeal from the County Court for Miami-Dade County, Lower Tribunal No. 16-96 SP Milena Abreu, Judge.
Law Office of Chad A. Barr, P.A., and Chad A. Barr (Altamonte Springs), for appellant.
Shutts & Bowen LLP, and Daniel E. Nordby, and Jason Gonzalez (Tallahassee), and Garrett A. Tozier (Tampa), for appellee.
Before EMAS, HENDON and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
The medical provider appeals a final summary judgment entered in favor of the insured. This appeal presents the same issue addressed by this Court in First Medical & Rehab of Bradenton, LLC v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co., 343 So.3d 691 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022). Thus, as was done in First Medical, we "affirm the entry of summary judgment to the extent the trial court found that the polic[y] at issue provide[s] legally sufficient notice of the insurer's election to use the permissive fee schedules identified in section 627.736(5)(a)2., Florida Statutes (2009)." Id. at 692 (citing Allstate Ins. Co. v. Orthopedic Specialists, 212 So.3d 973, 979 (Fla. 2017)). We "otherwise reverse, however, because the record is devoid of an affidavit, or any summary judgment evidence, showing that Allstate paid pursuant to the fee schedules." Id. Accordingly, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.